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David Gerson
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
or Rabbi at Reshid, Egypt; flourished in the middle of the seventeenth century. He was a contemporary of Mordecai ben Judah ha-Levi, author of "Darke No'am," in which are given some of Gerson's responsa. He is also mentioned as a great rabbinical authority by Abraham ben Mordecai ha-Levi, author of "Ginnat Weradim" and "Gan ha-Melek," who was his pupil. Moses Ḥagiz, in his "Leḳeṭ ha-Ḳemaḥ" on Oraḥ Ḥayyim, attributes to David Gerson the discontinuance of the practise of lighting a pipe from a tallow candle, which according to some authorities is forbidden, as the use of tallow (=
) is prohibited in the Pentateuch. David Gerson gave as a reason a dream which he once had of being punished as though he had eaten fat because he used to light his pipe from tallow candles.
- Azulai, Shem ha-Gedolim, s.;
- Ḥazan, Ha-Ma'alot li-Shelomoh, p. 51b;
- Michael, Or ha-Ḥayyim, p. 322, No. 709.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'David Gerson'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/d/david-gerson.html. 1901.
